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' 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 5. 1996 Action Agenda Item #IX-5 SUBJECT: STONEY CREEK BASIN SMALL AREA PLAN DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes_X—No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: • Draft 7-9-96 Planning Board Minutes Gene Bell, Planner III, Ext. 2589 • 7-5-96 Memo on 7-2-96 Planning Group Meeting • Draft 5-28-96 Public Hearing Minutes • Final Draft Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan TELEPHONE NUMBERS: (Refer to 5-28-96 Public Hearing Agenda Packet) Hillsborough- 732-8181 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251 PURPOSE: To consider the Planning Board's recommendation on the Draft Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan. BACKGROUND: On December 5, 1994,the Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted the following charge: "To prepare a land use plan, including recommendations for implementation,for the Stoney Creek Basin Planning Area southeast of the town of Hillsborough." Since March 16, 1995,a 22 member Planning Group of neighborhood representatives plus elected and appointed officials and seven alternates has worked on a Stoney Creek Land Use Plan that achieves two goals: 1. Preserves landowners' rights to get fair value for their property; and 2. Protects the area's"rural character." The Planning Group identified key resource areas and then identified levels of land-use intensity that would help protect these resources. Three levels of land-use intensity are recommended for different parts of the Stoney Creek area: 1. Lower intensity areas lie adjacent to most of the resource areas and best typify the area's remaining rural character. They are proposed to have the lowest future development densities and water and sewer extension is not envisioned.